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Investigate switching serial number lib to ghw

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enhancement
Dominant language
Go
Stars
50
Forks
13
Avg merge
27m
Merged PRs (30d)
7

Description

Investigate switching the function that looks up the system serial number to use ghw (https://github.com/jaypipes/ghw)

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Locate the function that looks up the system serial number and trace its callers and tests, since the issue does not name a file or entry point. Read ghw's relevant API and compare its behavior with the current lookup; done means documenting whether the switch is suitable and identifying the required implementation and test changes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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